“I can’t leave now. I like her too much. There, I said it. But I won’t say it again.”

“And now she hates me and I can’t even leave Dauntless to join the factionless, like I was going to, because Eric’s eye is on her like it was on Amar last year, right before he turned up dead on the pavement near the railroad tracks.All the Divergent end up dead except me, because of my fluke aptitude test result, and if Eric is watching her, she’s probably one, too.My thoughts skip back to the night before, how touching her sent warmth into my hand and through the rest of me, though I was frozen with fear. I press my hands to my head, press the memory away.I can’t leave now. I like her too much. There, I said it. But I won’t say it again.”

“I can’t be here. We can’t be together now. Too much is at stake.”

“I asked her out on a date, and she said, “Sorry, I can’t see you.” “That’s no problem,” I replied, “I won’t wear my invisible cloak.”

“I won’t die like this again. (Zarek)Backbone. How I love it. But not as much as I love sucking the marrow from it. (Thanatos)”

“I can’t and won’t write without hope.I’d rather never write again.”